Guys, how would you feel to have a zoo full of Australian animals only by listing over seven different species on your list with pictures, whatever you like.
Your top seven terrarium animals of Australia
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Here's some ideas:
yellow-bellied three-toed skink
Pilbara Slider
Thory Devil
Eastern Long Necked Turtle
Feathertail glider
Glow Worm
Walking Stick
A butterlies of Australia terrarium, with:
Mountain Blue (Ulysses) Butterfly
green-spotted triangle butterfly
Hercules Moth
As for non-terrarium species, I'd really like the tree-kangaroo, koala, cassowary, greater gliding possum, and quokka! Kangaroos are a given though.
yellow-bellied three-toed skink
Pilbara Slider
Thory Devil
Eastern Long Necked Turtle
Feathertail glider
Glow Worm
Walking Stick
A butterlies of Australia terrarium, with:
Mountain Blue (Ulysses) Butterfly
green-spotted triangle butterfly
Hercules Moth
As for non-terrarium species, I'd really like the tree-kangaroo, koala, cassowary, greater gliding possum, and quokka! Kangaroos are a given though.
I can't restrict it to just seven (random choice of number by the way).
For reptiles/amphibians, my top picks are:
- Frill-necked lizard.
- Thorny devil.
- Eastern snake-necked turtle.
- Inland taipan.
- Blue-tongued skink.
- Bearded dragon.
- Shingleback lizard.
- Australian painted turtle.
- Green-and-golden bell frog.
And for inverts:
- Social huntsman spider.
- Goliath stick insect.
- Lord Howe Island giant stick insect.
There are myriad choices. I'm still doubtful that we're going to get any new exhibit animals any time soon, but hopefully I'm wrong.
For reptiles/amphibians, my top picks are:
- Frill-necked lizard.
- Thorny devil.
- Eastern snake-necked turtle.
- Inland taipan.
- Blue-tongued skink.
- Bearded dragon.
- Shingleback lizard.
- Australian painted turtle.
- Green-and-golden bell frog.
And for inverts:
- Social huntsman spider.
- Goliath stick insect.
- Lord Howe Island giant stick insect.
There are myriad choices. I'm still doubtful that we're going to get any new exhibit animals any time soon, but hopefully I'm wrong.
Not gonna lie, limiting to 7 is hard....top choices with trying to keep a range of animals
Including critters from New Zealand and Papua New Guinea as well:
Frilled neck lizard (Auz)
Punkrock turtle Murray River Turtle (Auz)
Tuatara (NZ)
Giant Weta (NZ), aka world's largest bug
Mount Kaputar pink slug (Auz)
Numbat (Auz)
Feather tailed possum (Papua New Guinea)
If I had to limit to only Oz:
Trade Tutara for stump-tailed skink
Weta for Priam's birdwing:
Feathertailed possum for Pygmy Possum
Including critters from New Zealand and Papua New Guinea as well:
Frilled neck lizard (Auz)
Tuatara (NZ)
Giant Weta (NZ), aka world's largest bug
Mount Kaputar pink slug (Auz)
Numbat (Auz)
Feather tailed possum (Papua New Guinea)
If I had to limit to only Oz:
Trade Tutara for stump-tailed skink
Weta for Priam's birdwing:
Feathertailed possum for Pygmy Possum
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- Thorny Devil
- Frillneck Lizard
- Red belly black snake
- Feathertail glider
- Spiny leaf phasmid
- Grey headed flying fox
- Leaf tailed gecko
Honorable mention to platypus, short beaked echidna, numbat and our terrapins, all of which I feel would be best suited to be in full sized enclosures, along with kangaroos, wombats, tassie devils, etc. The flying fox might be a stretch, but even if it just hung upside down in a long "terrarium" (or aviary), that would be fine. We have so many reptiles, small mammals and inverts, cutting it down to seven is bloody hard!